Briefs: Origins of World War I; Pug rescue picnic; Cruise In Shoes fun run

At 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 14, Bruce Zellers of Oakland University will present the lecture Ambition, Anxiety & Delusion: Origins of World War I at the Berkley Public Library, 3155 Coolidge Highway.

The program will explore the conditions in early 20th century Europe that led to the war.

Register to attend at the adult reference desk or by calling 248-658-3440.

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CLAWSON

Pug rescue group hosts picnic

The Pug Rescue Network’s 10th Annual Charity Picnic is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Clawson City Park on West Elmwood, west of Main Street.

Admission is $8, $5 for children ages 12 and under, and includes lunch at 1:30 p.m. with chicken, side dishes, and soft drinks. There will also be games, cake walks, raffles and available pugs for you to visit.

The Pug Rescue Network is a non-profit rescue run entirely by volunteers and dedicated to saving pugs from dangerous or unhealthy situations. For more information, click pugrescuenetwork.com.

ROYAL OAK

Video games at library

Middle and high school students can chill out and play video games on the Xbox 360 with Kinect, Wii, Playstation 2 and Game Cube at 2 p.m. Friday at the Royal Oak Public Library, 222 E. 11 Mile Road. Kids ages 7-11 get their turn with the video games at 4 p.m. Friday.

Registration for either session is limited to 20. To sign up for this free program, visit ropl.org or call 248-246-3725.

Independent Film Series

The Royal Oak Public Library, 222 E. 11 Mile Road, is continuing its Independent Film Series at 2 p.m. Saturday with a showing of “The Iran Job.” When American baseball player Kevin Sheppard accepts a job to play in Iran, he expects the worst. But he finds a country brimming with generosity, acceptance and sensuality. Sheppard’s season in Iran culminates with the uprising and suppression of Iran’s reformist Green Movement.

The film is 90 minutes in English and Persian with English subtitles and is appropriate for the over 18 crowd.

Registration is officially open for the 3rd annual Cruise In Shoes 5K Fun Run/Walk presented by FirstMerit Bank, taking place at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 16, the same day as the 20th annual Woodward Dream Cruise.

The run/walk will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Yorba Linda Boulevard, continue with a rare opportunity to run on historic Woodward Avenue, wind through several Royal Oak neighborhood streets and finish at Shrine High School, 3500 W. 13 Mile Road.

Adults are invited to fall in love with the Detroit Zoo all over again at Summer Zoomance. The after-hours, 21-and-older event takes place from 6-9 p.m. Thursday.

Summer Zoomance allows grownups to relive their fond memories of the Detroit Zoo while creating new ones with a twilight stroll among the award-winning animal habitats.

Blues guitarist and vocalist Laith Al-Saadi will perform, and food and adult beverages will be available for purchase. The rain-or-shine event will also feature complimentary tram tours as well as animal enrichment and zookeeper talks at the Holden Reptile Conservation Center and the giraffe and snow monkey habitats.

Admission is $14. A second Summer Zoomance event is scheduled for Aug. 21. Tickets can be purchased online at detroitzoo.org/events/zoomance or at the admission gates.

The Orson Starr House Guild will host an open house at the Orson Starr House Museum, 3123 N. Main St., from 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

The wooden frame home that houses the museum was built in 1845 by Orson Starr (1803-1873). He moved to the area from upstate New York in 1831 and began manufacturing cowbells in a factory just north of the museum site. He continued the trade for 40 years. The bells, stamped with Starr’s trademark, are now prized by collectors.

Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Additional free parking is available one block south at the Salvation Army Citadel.